դաշն

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian դաշն (dašn).

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• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑʃən/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ˈtɑʃən/,

դաշն • (dašn)

1. treaty, agreement

   Synonym: դաշնագիր (dašnagir)

   դաշն կապել ― dašn kapel ― to conclude a treaty

2. harmony

դաշն • (dašn) (superlative ամենադաշն)

1. harmonious
2. agreeable to the ear, sweet, gentle, soft

• դաշնամուր (dašnamur)
• դաշնային (dašnayin)
• դաշնություն (dašnutʻyun)
• դաշնագիր (dašnagir)

Borrowed from Middle Persian *dašn (“contract, treaty”), attested as misspelled pšn' (pašn). Compare Old Georgian დაშნი (dašni, “contract, truce (?); submissive; calm; humble”), also from Iranian.

դաշն • (dašn)

1. contract, convention, bargain, treaty, engagement; condition, capitulation; compact, agreement; concurrence, alliance

   դաշինս կռել, հաստատել, ի դաշն մտանել ― dašins kṙel, hastatel, i dašn mtanel ― to contract, to make an agreement; to stipulate, to transact; to confederate

   անցանել զդաշամբ ― ancʻanel zdašamb ― to break the conditions, the alliance or faith

   անցանել զամուսնութեան, զառն դաշամբք ― ancʻanel zamusnutʻean, zaṙn dašambkʻ ― to be unfaithful to the marriage-bed

   դաշն հաւատոյ ― dašn hawatoy ― the Creed

   դաշն քաղաքական ― dašn kʻałakʻakan ― civil contract

2. (post-Classical, music) harmony

դաշն • (dašn)

1. (post-Classical, music) sweet, agreeable to the ear

դաշն • (dašn)

1. (post-Classical) gently, tenderly; softly; with a low voice

   դաշն խօսիլ ― dašn xōsil ― to speak very mildly

   դաշն նայիլ ― dašn nayil ― to look tenderly, affectionately, or sweetly on one

• Armenian: դաշն (dašn), դաշինք (dašinkʻ)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դաշն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դաշն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դաշն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pašn”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 66